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Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by schrodinger » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 8:46 PM UTC

magerleagues wrote: post #37

I'm using Yosemite on Mac and I'm loving the Osaka font. Screenshot: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/3a95a8a8-978a-4371-8411...

Watch out, if a value with single quotes is passed into updateVal, you're screwed!

Why not do:

    $(current).append(
      $('').val(value));

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by turrini » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 8:53 PM UTC

Thanks, but I will stick with Terminus Font:

http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/shots.html

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by OutThisLife » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 8:57 PM UTC

magerleagues wrote: post #37

I'm using Yosemite on Mac and I'm loving the Osaka font. Screenshot: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/3a95a8a8-978a-4371-8411...

That font size is so big! Am I alone w/ preferring 9pt http://d.pr/i/NDUU?

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by Tloewald » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 9:13 PM UTC

It seems to me that he has gone to enormous lengths to use consistent pieces to make letters (as befits a programmer -- DRY design), which makes them all look very samish, hurting readability. I think a better approach would be to figure out how to make the glyphs seem more distinct without being inconsistent or ugly.

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by a-nikolaev » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 9:30 PM UTC

killerdhmo wrote: post #8

Repost from a year ago, link to existing discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6354396 Including the comment I was about to type before I realized it had already been written: "I hate to say this, but a font by a programmer makes as much sense as a database library by a font designer. Good font design is not about calculations or following principled rules; it's about what looks good to the eye, and i…

Just curious, what would you say about this font sample: http://i.imgur.com/DSXqMCZ.png ? (It's a modification of Terminus, with smaller letter height to have a bit more whitespace between the lines)

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by Tiksi » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 9:49 PM UTC

I struggled for a long time to find a font that looks good even when it's tiny and subpixel smoothing isn't very effective. I've pretty much settled on tamsyn: http://www.fial.com/~scott/tamsyn-font/

It's not "pretty" but I find it the most useful and visually appealing. The only downside is that not everything works properly with bitmap fonts.

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

#47

Post by bithush » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 9:54 PM UTC

OutThisLife wrote: post #43

magerleagues wrote: post #37

I'm using Yosemite on Mac and I'm loving the Osaka font. Screenshot: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/3a95a8a8-978a-4371-8411...

That font size is so big! Am I alone w/ preferring 9pt http://d.pr/i/NDUU ?

Nice theme. You mind sharing?

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by vorporeal » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 10:15 PM UTC

turrini wrote: post #42

Thanks, but I will stick with Terminus Font: http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/shots.html

Same, I use Terminus at 8pt as my terminal font, and it's fantastic - dense yet readable.

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by bithush » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 10:18 PM UTC

OutThisLife wrote: post #33

jarin wrote: post #9

Every time I learn about a new programmer font, I try it for a day. It makes me sad that I apparently will never find one I like better than Inconsolata.

`Ubuntu Mono` is amazing.

Yeah Ubuntu Mono is lovely. On OS X I really like Source Code Pro but it looks pretty naff on Windows I have found, shame really as I love that font!

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by atmosx » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 10:28 PM UTC

Good to know the author intends to add Greek characters. Until then, for me it's a no-no :-(. Since VIM is my default editor, I need Greek chars in terminal.